Railway-car-coupler uncoupling device



Nov. 13, 1923. 1,473,721

i. EVERETT RAILWAY CAR COUPLER UNCOUPLING DEVICE Filed Dec. 23, 1920Patented NovllS, 1923.

e urg ee RAILWAY-CAB-COUPLER UNCUUPLING DEVICE.

Application filed December 23, 1920. Serial No. 432,718.

To all "10720771 it may concern:

7 lie it known that I, Inn Evnnn'r'r, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sayre, in the county of Bra lford and State of Penrksylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Car-Coupler Uncoupling Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to produce an inexpensive, simple andeflicient railway car coupler uncoupling device and with this and minorobjects in view, this invention consists in the parts and combination ofparts as will be hereinafter more fully set out;

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of the end of a car, with partsbroken away, illustrating this uncoupling device in position.

Figure 2 is a view in end elevation of Figure 1. i

Figure 3 is a view in side elevation of Figure 2, partly in section,illustrating in dotted lines the uncoupling position.

Figures 4 and 5 are enlarged detail views in plan and end elevationrespectively of the pin lever.

Figures .6 and 7 are enlarged detail views in end and side elevationrespectively of the pin lever engaging end of the hand lever.

The car body is 01 any approved construction. The reference numeral 1indicates the end sill, 2 brackets oi a standard make secured to the endsill, and 3 the coupler head secured to the car.

The hand lever at is journaled in the brackets 2 and retained therein bymeans or" filler blocks and cotter pins 5. The outer end of the lever 4is deflected downwardly inside the corner plate 6 as at 7 tooa pointbelow the under face of the end sill and thence outwardly toward theside of the car as at 8, thus forming a crank handle which may beoperated either by the hand or foot of the train men to rotate the lever4. V The inner end of the lever 4: is bent outwardly to form a crank 9and then down wardly at right angles as at 10 w1th a vertical closed eye1.1 on its lower end.

The locking pin lever 12 is of a diameter adapting its inner, portion topass through the locking pin 13, the inner end of the lever being bentto form a hook 14 to prevent the lever t'roin becoming accidentallydisengaged :t'roni the locking pin.

The outer end of the locking pin lever 12 may be flattened and bent toform a hook 15 which is adapted to engage the eye 11 of the hand leveras more clearly shown in Figure 1.

In the embodiment shown more clearly in Figures 4 and 5 the lever 12 isbent outwardly as at 16 thus forming a seat in which one side of the eye11 is positioned when the lever is in the position as shown in Figure 1.

In use the locking pin 18 is raised from locked position by operatingthe crank on the outer end of the lever 4, thereby elevating the crank 9which carries with it the locking pin lever to the position shown indotted lines in Figure 3.

The connection between the pin lifter and the horizontally rotatable rodlies in a vertical plane and allows of the reciprocation of the coupleras in draft and bufiing, in a horizontal plane and has at all times apositive operating lifting connection upon actuation of the operatinghandle independent of the vertical relation of the coupler.

What I claim is:

l. A railway car coupler uncoupling device comprising a horizontallyrotatable rod having an operating handle at one end and a crank having adownwardly bent portion terminating in a vertical eye at the other end,and a pin lever adapted to slidably engage the locking pin at one endand having a vertical flattened portion at the other end adapted to beengaged in the eye.

2. A railway car coupler uncoupling device comprising a horizontallyrotatable rod having an operating handle at one end and a crank having adownwardly bent portion terminating in a vertical eye at the other end,and a pin lever adapted to slidably engage the locking pin at one endand having a vertical flattened portion at the other end having a hookat its extremity adapted to engage one side of the eye and an oil setportion terminating in'an eye at the other portion between the hook andthe body end, and a pin lever adapted to slida bly 1 adapted to engageat the other side of the engage the lockingpin at one end and haveye.ing the other end adapted to operatively 3. A railway car coupleruncoupling deconnect it to the eye of said rod so that the vicecomprising a horizontally rotatable rotation of said rod lifts saidlocking pin at rod having an operatinghandle at one end all times I anda crank having a downwardly bent IRAEVERETT.

